Month: July 2011

July 28, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 28, 2011

According to this report, Russia is likely to complete talks on its entry into the World Trade Organization by mid-December.  Intellectual property laws and restrictions on state support of agricultural producers are just two of the many sticking ...
July 28, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 28, 2011

According to this report, Russia is likely to complete talks on its entry into the World Trade Organization by mid-December.  Intellectual property laws and restrictions on state support of agricultural producers are just two of the many sticking ...
July 28, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – July 28, 2011

TODAY: Kremlin vows response to US Magnitsky sanctions; Rogozin blasts Republicans; Moscow conservation activists report assault by security officers; cop-on-cop corruption; Lebedev denied parole.  Russia denies confidential info leak on internet;...
July 28, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – July 28, 2011

TODAY: Kremlin vows response to US Magnitsky sanctions; Rogozin blasts Republicans; Moscow conservation activists report assault by security officers; cop-on-cop corruption; Lebedev denied parole.  Russia denies confidential info leak on internet;...
July 27, 2011

Russian Diplomacy, WWE Style

Russia's anger over the visa blacklist is false, its threats empty, but Washington would rather you take it at face value.
July 27, 2011

Energy Blast – July 27, 2011

A group of NGOs including Greenpeace are concerned about the safety of Oleg Deripaska’s planned nuclear plant, amid claims that the technology to be used has caused lethal accidents on submarines in the past.  Analysts quoted by the Independent su...
July 27, 2011

Energy Blast – July 27, 2011

A group of NGOs including Greenpeace are concerned about the safety of Oleg Deripaska’s planned nuclear plant, amid claims that the technology to be used has caused lethal accidents on submarines in the past.  Analysts quoted by the Independent su...
July 27, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 27, 2011

Rosneft will not have to provide confidential documents to corruption whistleblower and minority shareholder Alexei Navalny, after a court rescinded a decision by a lower court. ‘This is just garbage. It brings everything back to square one,’ Nava...
July 27, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 27, 2011

Rosneft will not have to provide confidential documents to corruption whistleblower and minority shareholder Alexei Navalny, after a court rescinded a decision by a lower court. ‘This is just garbage. It brings everything back to square one,’ Nava...
July 27, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 27, 2011

TODAY: Other Russia members detained; Popular Front’s electoral program; mayoral elections under threat; Rogozin not keen on Republicans; Muscovites protest stone tiles; Lebedev’s parole hearing continues; man-made disasters, forest fires. Church ...